How the media influences the perspective of the general public by generalizing or under generalizing certain aspects of family abuse. Before discussing the thesis a clear understanding of family abuse is needed. Family abuse is abuse within or out of the home, and takes into account of not only physical abuse but also mental, verbal or exhibits violence as an act of intimidation; for example punching a wall. Family abuse is not only between a …showed first 75 words of 1387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1387 total…the "poor" male and places it on the "deviant" female to maintain the marriage. In closing, the central view of the media is conservative in its thinking. This form of thinking attempts to preserve the status quo and in this instance the patriarchal control and repression of women. The media not only plays a key role in the promotion of prevailing myths but it continues to conceptualize social problems by giving it shape and meaning.